topic Re: selective masking in ArcMap Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/selective-masking/m-p/648889#M1352 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>does the text have to be an annotation layer?&nbsp; is there a tool in model builder that will do this kind of masking?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:40:19 GMT tarawynne 2019-01-15T10:40:19Z selective masking https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/selective-masking/m-p/648887#M1350 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to do some 'Selective masking' like this example:</P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/433233_contours.PNG" /></P><P>However mine would be text sitting on top of buildings. I want the black outline of building that is underneath the text to be masked out. my question is does the text have to be <STRONG>annotation</STRONG>?</P><P>my text is dynamic created using maplex?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:08:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/selective-masking/m-p/648887#M1350 tarawynne 2019-01-15T09:08:04Z Re: selective masking https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/selective-masking/m-p/648888#M1351 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is the section you are referring to?</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/mapping/layer-properties/use-a-masking-layer.htm" title="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/mapping/layer-properties/use-a-masking-layer.htm">Mask features—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:18:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/selective-masking/m-p/648888#M1351 DanPatterson_Retired 2019-01-15T10:18:19Z Re: selective masking https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/selective-masking/m-p/648889#M1352 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>does the text have to be an annotation layer?&nbsp; is there a tool in model builder that will do this kind of masking?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:40:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/selective-masking/m-p/648889#M1352 tarawynne 2019-01-15T10:40:19Z